Meaning of regardant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. With the head turned toward the back of the body.
   not-comparable
2. Watchful, attentive; contemplative.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“The dog was waiting for him, her paws on the second tread, pere regardant with a happy lolling tongue.”

“The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].”

“I see a forked beast squatting on the midden of the world, red-eyed, regardant, gnawing on a shinbone: poor, dumb destroyer.”

“To horse, to horse: thus once Eurydice, / With looks regardant, did the Thracian gaze […].”

“He stood regardant for a moment.”

“And now others, casually regardant, passed the place in automobiles ….”

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